Mozart, Mendelssohn, and Magic

Mendelssohn was 16 when he wrote his Sextet for Piano and Strings. Mozart was ten years older when he penned his 2nd Piano Quartet. Both composers wrote them to show off their own amazing piano virtuosity creating breath-taking masterpieces. We begin the program with a Phantasy for piano trio by Alice Verne-Bredt, who gained recognition as a composer by entering this work in the Cobbett Chamber Music Contest in London. It is hauntingly beautiful.

Phantasie Trio (1908)
Alice Verne-Bredt
Piano, Violin, and Cello

Quartet No. 2 in E-flat Major, K. 493
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello

Sextet in D Major, Op. 110
Felix Mendelssohn
Piano, Violin, Two Violas, Cello, and Bass